These articles are all over my twitter feed today. Bloggers and authors, Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum, have a new book called Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future, and they have been making the rounds all over the place. They have a good article in salon out today, you will enjoy.

http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/07/13/sci…

Not all the fault for the gap can rest with scientists, but they sure are complicit. The life of a PhD and wonderful institutions like NYU is an insular one. I am afraid that Scientists are convinced that the only people that want to listen about their work are colleagues. I wish your alma mater and my current employer would do more to engage the public, like having students present basic posters to elected officials, or have conferences for science teachers. A better relationship between teachers and scientists would bear many fruits.

It's way past counter-productive to call people idiots anymore. We have to do something more,

These articles are all over my twitter feed today. Bloggers and authors, Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum, have a new book called Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future, and they have been making the rounds all over the place. They have a good article in salon out today, you will enjoy.

http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/07/13/sci…

Not all the fault for the gap can rest with scientists, but they sure are complicit. The life of a PhD and wonderful institutions like NYU is an insular one. I am afraid that Scientists are convinced that the only people that want to listen about their work are colleagues. I wish your alma mater and my current employer would do more to engage the public, like having students present basic posters to elected officials, or have conferences for science teachers. A better relationship between teachers and scientists would bear many fruits.

It's way past counter-productive to call people idiots anymore. We have to do something more,